"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and morality are indespensible supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of Patriotism who should labor to subvert these great Pillars of human happiness -- these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. The mere Politician, equally with the pious man ought to respect and to cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. ... [L]et us with caution indulge the opposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that National morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle." --George Washington (1796)

Just when you thought the Left's campaign of cultural degradation couldn't become any worse, Barack Hussein Obama, ostensibly the Commander in Chief of our Armed Forces, sent down a decree that the Service Branches must celebrate "Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month." The purpose of this mandate is to affirm the minuscule number of homosexuals (2-3 percent) serving in the military ranks -- mostly in rear echelon positions.

Obama's declaration came during the same week the DoD announced it would comply with atheist group demands that all military editions of the Bible be removed from Base Exchange centers. The complainant had prepped a lawsuit based on the errant notion that "separation of church and state" is enshrined in our Constitution. Naturally, the Obama administration accepted their objection without a fight, based upon the Left's adherence to a so-called "living constitution."

Apparently, Panetta's "enduring commitment to equality for all" applies to sexual preference but not faith. Oh, wait ... maybe it doesn't even apply to sexual preference. After all, when was the last time any Leftist celebrated "Heterosexual Pride Month"?

Rather than provide one lone opinion about Obama's military "Gay Pride Month" mandate, I asked 20 career military officers, five from each of the service branches, to give me their opinions about this mandate. While I value the opinions of many young friends who are among the enlisted ranks, I chose to ask officers, in order to provide a more strategic perspective on this issue.

The responses I received came from those who ranked from O-2 to O-9. Each reported that their sentiments were echoed by virtually all of their colleagues. Each agreed to provide their "personal perspective" without attribution, because the military PC police (Lefty lawyers in the JAG and IG offices) are very persistent at prosecuting Obama dissenters, and these respondents expressed an interest in completing their military careers, abiding by their oaths as military officers, and endeavoring to maintain history's best fighting force in defense of Liberty -- despite assaults from the CinC to the contrary.

What follows are representative amalgamations of comments from members in each service branch, all of whom are combat veterans.

USA:

Clinton accelerated the practice of using the military as a political test platform for social policy, pandering to its electoral constituencies. The Obama regime put it in warp speed. ... I will retire soon, and it pains me to see this political crap manifest itself in the ranks of fine young men and women. ... Military service requires a solid foundation in moral virtue because war destroys the societal safeguards that aid civilized society and civilized people in staying grounded. When we remove morality from military service, such as the moral imperatives behind the UCMJ regulations against homosexual behavior and adultery, we risk dislodging the moral compass from its true north bearing. ... This has nothing to do with military readiness and everything to do with political expedience. ... The requirement for even more "sensitivity training," which we already endure for Equal Opportunity (EO) and Sexual Harassment, Assault, and Rape Prevention (SHARP), and resulting UCMJ changes, all detract from the real aim and purpose of training our soldiers to fight and win, wasting his most precious resource, time. ... This mandate is irresponsible and rains down from politicos who are not even remotely acquainted with the reality of ground combat.

USN:

I have had to do few things more distasteful in my 36 years than train (read "indoctrinate") my unit members on the new post-Don't-Ask-Don't-Tell (DADT) rules. ... Those of us who have been brought up with legitimate, closely held religious convictions have to bite our tongues and accept the unacceptable. ... We all know it's a load of horse dung, and are just holding our breath for a real CinC to replace the phony one now at the head of the table. ... If being a Christian makes me a bigot, as our Commander-in-Chief indicated (in his reference to people "clinging to their guns and Bibles",) then I willingly wear that title. ... Next up will no doubt be affirmative action for homosexuals to increase their numbers in our ranks. ... When one group, for whatever reason, is given preferential treatment over another, it is ultimately destructive to the command, or the service, or the military writ large. ... Yet to meet one in the fighter community! ... When you consider that the average junior sailor (E6 and below) lives separated from family and friends for months at a time and in worse conditions than the majority of our federal prisoners in order to serve and protect our nation, you'd think that they would be the last people who would have these political mandates imposed upon them by our civilian "leaders." ... Typical of an administration that can't differentiate between equality and Liberty!

USAF:

There is no evidence that decisively links genetics to homosexuality -- and this lack of a genetic link totally separates this issue from race and gender ... except for political expedience. ... When will the pandering politicians please get their social agenda out of my way so we can do the job we came here to do? ... Everyone who has candidly spoken to me about the issue thinks the DoD's policy towards homosexual conduct is wrong, period, and contributes to a degradation of unit cohesion and effectiveness. The fact that the DoD would then not only allow the conduct, but now endorse it is absolute anathema to anyone with a moral compass. ... Now that we've opened Pandora's box by legalizing homosexual behavior, we are now challenged to figure out exactly what kind of status and rights we are going to bestow on it. As a commander, I would be content if we could simply acknowledge it as a permissible lifestyle and not celebrate it as some kind of panacea that will give our military a tipping-point advantage that will allow us to defeat our enemies. ... Despite the "re-education classes," I will likely continue to hear humorous comments loaded with gay innuendo, all followed by the standard disclaimer, "not that there's anything wrong with that!"

USMC:

I read Panetta's order ... and it sickened me. Panetta is not part of the "military ranks." Unfortunately his "leadership" of the DoD defines, in part, where the military ranks are, and where we will go. ... I'm not a fan of Hispanic Heritage Month, African-American Whatever, Women's History Month, etc. The posters produced, ceremonies, seminars and luncheons held, and messages that are promulgated are presented under the guise of bringing us all together when, in fact, they mostly define and divide by differences. ... Celebrating one's heritage or behavior is fine as long as it's your celebration, not the DoD's, or the Nation's. ... Lord, please send us a real CinC! ... In my opinion DADT was a very workable solution. If folks did their job and kept their homosexual behavior a private matter, I was OK with that. ... I knew fellow Marines who cheated on their wives, who lied and who stole, but I was never required to celebrate those sins. I could still voice my rejection of those behaviors, and get my fellow Marines to straighten up and fly right. But now I would be dishonorably discharged for such action. ... Numerous studies/surveys of our Marines conclude that the youngsters, who almost exclusively make up front-line combat troops, don't fight for God or country or freedom. They fight for the guys on their left and right. By dividing along the lines of our differences, we erode the foundation of military success. ... Contrary to Panetta's statement, the military doesn't exist to provide opportunities or make people feel good.

Two comments really sum up the thousands of words I received in response to the Obama "GLBT" mandate.

The first is from Col. Ron Crews, USA retired (emphasis added), who is now director of the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty: "By openly affirming bisexual and homosexual behavior, military leadership is coming into direct conflict with the morals and standards held almost universally by chaplains and service members of virtually every major faith group in the military. This blatant attempt to 'celebrate' a minority view of political correctness will not endear military families to the military. I want the American public to see just where the current administration is leading our military. They have turned our Armed Forces into a social experiment at the cost of military readiness."

The second is from a Marine: "When I volunteered for the Marine Corps, the military expelled homosexuals. A decade later, Bill Clinton ordered that we ignore homosexuals as long as they kept their sexual preferences a private matter (Don't Ask, Don't Tell). That was OK because few if any of them were in combat units. Last year, Obama and his Leftist congressional cadres obliged the military to endorse open homosexuality (Do Ask, Do Tell). This decision had nothing to do with military readiness and everything to do with political pandering to a loud special interest group. This week, Barack Obama decreed that my Marine Corps would officially 'celebrate Gay Pride Month.' The next step will be to set quotas for homosexuals in the ranks, and to offer marriages and same-sex benefits. I'm preparing for retirement after more than 30 years of service to my country, and more than a few scars to prove it. It grieves me to leave my beloved Corps in such a state, being used as a political crap pot for Obama and his socialist administrators. I have honored my oath. They have deserted theirs. Do citizens give a s--t anymore? Time to wake up. God Bless America! S/F."

When Obama repealed DADT in December 2010, he said, "We are not a nation that says, 'don't ask, don't tell.' We are a nation that says, 'Out of many, we are one.'" But Obama's invocation of "E Pluribus Unum," the national motto proposed by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson in 1776, as the basis for his social agenda to normalize homosexual deviance, is anathema to its definition. That is because Obama's objective is not to unite, but to divide (and conquer) under the pretense of uniting.

George Washington once called on the nation to determine whether we would be united or divided: "We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all matters of general concern act as a nation, which have national objects to promote, and a national character to support. If we are not, let us no longer act a farce by pretending to it."

Indeed, Obama in his capacity as President and CinC, is a monumental farce.

“Make no mistake, Obama’s Gay Political Play is a keystone in the Left’s macro agenda to undermine the most critical pillar of Liberty, the family.”

Make no mistake - this is a two for. We have the greatest military in the world, because it is all volunteer and LARGELY conservative. The slime of the left has been trying to undermine it for more than a decade.

And to all those military people that may be reading - let me say thank you and express my sympathy for your having to salute your current, “Commander in Chief.” I used to complain about LBJ. Compared to this Bozo, he was practically John Wayne.

May the souls of those who voted to repeal DADT, along with the 0bama administration, and those chicken-sh*t military “leaders” who refused to take a stand against this depravity be forever damned to the depths of hell.

There will be repercussions. I just hope the military ballots get shipped in time.

The same with Obomas illegal workers permits. Millions of American citizens are unemployed - especially blacks. These people cannot be happy about this.

Every state without a liberal dictatorship voted down homosexual "marriage". Not one voted for it. His coming out in support of perversion will not go well for him, either.

Then there's forcing Catholics to support the brutal dismemberment of human infants while they're still alive from their mothers womb. Not good for Oboma.

I think his poll numbers are a LOT worse than reported. He's reaching out to the far left fringe, and pushing all others aside. Are they all he has left to count on? This is a middle right country, yet Oboma is doing everything outside the mainstream. Who is he campaigning to?

Make no mistake - this is a two for. We have the greatest military in the world, because it is all volunteer and LARGELY conservative. The slime of the left has been trying to undermine it for more than a decade.

He hopes to replace it with an army of thugs to control domestic "enemies" like white heterosexual Christian voters.

"We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives weve set. Weve got to have a civilian national security force thats just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded." - Barrack Oboma, Colorado Springs, July 2nd, 2008

BTW, where did all that lost Green Energy money go? Every Green Energy company, paid billions in tax dollars, has gone bankrupt. WE'RE the ones being forced to pay off the loans we had nothing to do with. Who's got all that money now?

I support an Officer and I work with the fleet daily on engineering support issues, training etc. The day I have some LGBT freak as an Officer I’m supposed to support is the day I’ll quit my job. I’ve already refused to do the DADT sensitivity training and any LGBT Gay Pride Celebrations at work I’ll be taking leave.

Okay, let's say the Joint Chiefs comply and order that all their branches 'celebrate gay deprived month'. But hold the celebration in AFGHANISTAN! Let the queers, dykes, and queens dress up and parade down some remote Mountain Valley Road in open topped pink-camo ... 'Hummers'.

What would Obama do, demand every one of the Chiefs resign? If so that'd put him in a bit of a pickle. A leaderless military ain't too good, just ask Stalin(1).

(yes I'm dreaming but it'd be cool)

(1) One reason why Hitler attacked the USSR when he did. The Commie military was FUBAR after all the purges. Hitler just messed up a bit (a whole dam lot) and Stalin got really friggen lucky. REAL lucky.

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posted on 06/22/2012 10:55:14 AM PDT
by Condor51
(Never mess with an old man. He won't fight you he'll just kill you.)

> As a civil servant, I can choose not to attend the never ending parade of diversity events.

> As a military person, they will have no choice but to attend and pretend they like it.

We civilians must take a variety of mandatory training. We get EEO training and sexual harassment training once per year, for example. This hasn’t hit yet, but here it comes....

And yes, DOD has been pushing the word “diversity” around quite a bit, and adding Diversity Committees to the already existing EEO Committees. From what I’ve seen, the Navy uses the term “diversity” heavily, but has not articulated what they mean by the term. Perhaps deliberately.

In other news, The U.S. Navy and NAVSEA are proudly announcing the “Green Fleet” and bio-fuels programs on their Facebook pages.

Fortunately the monthly “group diversity hug” is still voluntary. I’ve been boycotting them since Black History Month three years ago (right after Obama’s election), which was a thoroughly angering experience.

I keep telling them I’m boycotting all of them until I get Amish Heritage Month. ;-)

So... does the Green Fleet float?

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posted on 06/22/2012 12:30:15 PM PDT
by SandyInSeattle
(Running in circles and screaming is not a strategy.)

Undermining the military and pandering to the obsession of male perverts seeking young boys. The fecal eaters have won this one.

Get them all out in the open and then, purge-purge-purge. Hard.

Get the names of all the j.o.'s who volunteered to serve as Dear Leader's zampolit officers (Leftist/Communist political corregidors) , and dismiss them immediately -- and I mean "dismiss" in the old military sense of cashiering an officer on the spot -- en masse. Blow them out.

Ditto all his genderfem BAM's and shipriders and command "compliance officers" and other PC Police in the Civil Service -- go back and get all the Clintonista "change agents" and bitch-circle, white-guy-hate-a-thon leaders (political agents-in-place) in the Civil Service, which Bush never purged out. (We know this because a bunch of Clintonista supergrades left in place rose up and bit him on the ass when it all hit the fan on 9/11.)

Purge them, eliminate their jobs, transfer them to the Point Barrow Federal Building (build one if there isn't one there, and make damn sure the heaters don't work). Get rid of this load of human lice and ticks on the body politic!

And if they bitch and whine and complain? "CONVENIENCE OF THE GOVERNMENT! Get lost!"

13 posted on Thu Jun 21 2012 11:59:10 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) by concerned about politics: "Every state without a liberal dictatorship voted down homosexual 'marriage.' Not one voted for it. His coming out in support of perversion will not go well for him, either."

I so hope you are right.

The repeated rejection of the homosexual agenda by voters even in our most liberal states is one of the few hopeful signs I see for the future of America.

Recall that DADT repeal was passed with a big majority in a Republican controlled House.

ACTUALLY it was passed during the lame duck session under Pelosi's watch. The ONLY was it could have been stopped is IF the few RINO Senators had supported the conservatives and blocked the faggotizing of our military; HOWEVER, all the usual suspects let it through....

ACTUALLY it was passed during the lame duck session under Pelosi's watch.

Ooops!

Memories can be real or imagined. Facts are better:)

House Votes to Allow Dont Ask, Dont Tell Repeal By DAVID M. HERSZENHORN and CARL HULSE Published: May 27, 2010 The House vote was 234 to 194, with 229 Democrats and 5 Republicans in favor, after an emotionally charged debate. Opposed were 168 Republicans and 26 Democrats.

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posted on 06/24/2012 12:22:47 AM PDT
by itsahoot
(About that Coup d'état we had in 08, anyone worried yet?)

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